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2 Main St. W.
Grimsby,
Ontario
L3M 1R4
Ontario Tourism Region : Niagara Falls and Wine Country
Phone : (905) 945-5733
Your Host(s) : Canada Post Grimsby
Description From Owner:
- Pop. 19,262. In the Reg. Mun. of Niagara, on the S shore of L. Ontario at Forty Mile Cr. and the QEW, 26 km. SE of Hamilton.
- United Empire Loyalists began a settlement in 1783 when the place was known as The Forty because of its location at the mouth of Forty Mile Cr.
- It was also called Butlersburg for Col. John Butler, a United Empire Loyalist whose troops were early settlers.
- A town meeting held on April 5, 1790, at present-day Grimsby, which was then called Township # 6, marked the beginning of local self government in what is now Ontario.
- Such matters as the height of fences and the registration of livestock brands were discussed at the meeting.
- St. Andrews Anglican Church, completed in 1825, was the third church built on the site by a congregation formed almost 40 years earlier.
- The post office was established as Grimsby in 1816, named after a town in Lincolnshire, England, now in Humberside.
- From Ontario Place Names 2007 David E. Scott Ph. 866 471 4123 or 905 680 7884
- Postcard above used with permission from A Great Lakes Treasury of Old Postcards 2007 Lorenzo Marcolin, MD 176 pp. For Copies call the Huronia Museum 705 526 2844 or email lmarcolin@aol.com
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Map Below gives Canadian Geographical Names
Natural Resources Canada in the Region of Niagara.
Address of this page:
http://www.ruralroutes.com/grimsbyontario
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Visitors to this page: 3,026
Off the beaten track: |
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Nelles Estates, 2km
Grimsby Centre, 4km
Grimsby Beach, 4km
Allen's Corners, 8km
Kimbo, 8km
Winona Park, 7km
Winona, 7km
Smithville, 10km
Basingstoke, 10km
Tweedside, 8km
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Nearby Lakes: |
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Dils Lake, 22km
Eighteen Mile Pond, 19km
Sixteen Mile Pond, 20km
Fifteen Mile Pond, 21km
Lake Niapenco, 24km
Martindale Pond, 24km
Lake Moodie, 27km
Fisher's Pond, 31km
Lake Gibson, 30km
Lake Medad, 33km
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